linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] futex null pointer timeout

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Date:	Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:44:26 -0800
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com>
To:	Pierre Peiffer <pierre.peiffer@...l.net>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	khilman@...sta.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] futex null pointer timeout

On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 13:26 +0100, Pierre Peiffer wrote:
> Ingo Molnar a écrit :
> > * Daniel Walker <dwalker@...sta.com> wrote:
> > 
> [...]
> >> The patch reworks do_futex, and futex_wait* so a NULL pointer in the 
> >> timeout position is infinite, and anything else is evaluated as a real 
> >> timeout.
> > 
> > thanks, applied.
> > 
> 
> On top of this patch, you will need the following patch: futex_lock_pi is also 
> involved.
> 

True.

Daniel

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